Negro flash mob bear and 3 cubs attack man after they break into his Colorado home

A 74-year-old Colorado man was injured in his home by a black bear after 
the animal and its three cubs opened a partially cracked sliding glass 
door, authorities said.

The attack Thursday in Lake City was the first bear attack in the state 
this year, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

The animals got into the home about 8:30 p.m., startling residents who 
“heard a loud crash and saw the bears entering through the door,” 
officials said.

The man who was injured responded by grabbing a chair and trying to direct 
the bear out the door, officials said.

But the animal charged him, knocking him into a wall, authorities said. 
The bear then swiped at the man, who was clawed on his head, neck, arms, 
abdomen, shoulder and calf, officials said.

He was treated at home and declined to go to the hospital. The attack 
could have been much worse, officials said.

“It’s certainly lucky we didn’t have a fatality, because it was close,” 
state Parks and Wildlife Officer Lucas Martin said. 

When law enforcement and medical personnel arrived, they found residents 
locked in a bedroom while the three cubs remained in the home. A county 
deputy was able to get the cubs to leave the house.

The sow and her cubs were euthanized after confirmation of their 
involvement in the attack, officials said.

“It’s a terrible set of circumstances that, unfortunately, our district 
wildlife managers are routinely faced with,” Parks and Wildlife Area 
Wildlife Manager Brandon Diamond said in a statement. “Clearly, these 
bears were highly habituated and were willing to enter an occupied house 
with the residents sitting just feet away. When a bear reaches this level 
of human habituation, clearly a lot of interaction with people has already 
happened.”

Before last week’s incident, there had been eight reports this year of 
bear activity in Hinsdale County, where Lake City is, officials said. Lake 
City is about 255 miles southwest of Denver.

Last year, six bear attacks were reported across Colorado, according to 
Parks and Wildlife.

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